prolusion

[Lat. prolusio =a prelude: pro =before, and lusus = a game; ludo =to play; Fr. & Sp. prolusion; Ital. prolusione.] *prō-mer'-It, v . t . [Lat. pro merit us , pa. par. of pro mere or to deserve: pro = before, openly, and mere or to deserve.] IMG:content-1587.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Standing out or projecting beyond the surface of something else; jutting, protuberant. "From some prominent rock." Chapman: Homer's Iliad, xvi. 2. Standing out from the multitude; conspicuous; distinguished above others. "Personal pilgrimages on the part of prominent pol it ical figures."- London Daily Telegraph. 3. Likely to attract special attention from the size, position, or other feature; most striking to the eye; principal, chief; as, a prominent place in a picture, proce ion, . B. As substantive: *1. Ord. Lang .: A prominence, a height. "Till highest prominents are hid." Chapman: Homer's Iliad, xii. 2. Entom . ( pl . ) : Various species of No to dont i dae, of the genera No to dont a, Ptilophora, and Ptilodontis, which have a projection on the inner margins of the fore-wings. Colors generally white, brown, or tawny, with darker margins. Caterpillars of varied and irregular forms. Called also Tooth backs. prom'-i-nent-lý, adv . [Eng. prominent; -ly.] In a prominent manner or degree; conspicuously, eminently; in a striking manner.